CATS!!!!

[Geoffm]

Aisa is now 6 weeks old and very active. Really putting on weight and, growing.

 

[Mikey D]

This is Thomas . Been with us about 2 years after turning up as a rough sleeper, and adopting us .
He's s proliffic hunter tho , mice , rabbits , rats etc
Last nights victim was a rat which he had devoured apart from the head and tail and the connecting spine .
Every couple of months he starts to walk kinda sideways with his head tilted (neurological problem ??)
This is usually cured with worming stuff .

Now I have no desire to curb his vermin control tendencies , but is eating his pray gonna do him harm long term . I definatly wasn't a cat person before but I'm quite attached to this feline !

 

[500e]

Try asking This vet, he is in NZ but very helpful when I asked a question.
Has a interesting web site as well

Our Pet's Health

Our Pets Health provides complete veterinary healthcare advice for your cat and dog to allow them to live healthier, happier lives. Vet information that provides the best care for every pet, with every condition, every time.

ourpetshealth.com

alex@ourpetshealth.com

 

[Onoff]

(neurological problem ??)
This is usually cured with

Look up vestibular syndrome / ataxia in cats.

 

[Smallfry]

Here is George. He was semi feral, we think he had been a pet at some time, because he was not completely wild in his behaviour. He came around one day in the winter and we fed him. He always kept a respectful distance, and eyed us with suspicion though. He hung around for several years and we put a box with an old duvet in the shed for him to sleep, which he did. When we had lunch outside in the summer, he would come and sit with us, again at a distance. After a year or so, he would come closer and eventually would accept a bit of fuss. He seemed take a shine to me in particular, as he would come and sit nearby while I was working outside. Eventually he would come and sit on my lap, always outdoors, he would never come inside. Then, if I went to sit down, he would be in my lap before I had finished the manoeuvre.
He was great at keeping the rodents at bay too, and never showed any interest in the birds. Unfortunately, he started to attack our other cat, who is 19 now, stone deaf, and only has three legs, and is such a gentle soul. It got so bad, we had to rehome him via Battersea. Was a sad day though.
We called him George, because he would always gorge his food ! I do miss him.

 

[mrsbruce]

Now, I hope I’m not going to step on anyone’s toes with what has happened today.

I’m a member of the satanic temple, sort of the same reason that some folk do that Jedi religion thing for the census, etc. But it’s very handy when certain religious folk come to call.

What has this to do with cats, you may ask.

Well……. I had two JW’s appear at my door today, so I immediately launched into my “sorry but TST member, against my religion,“ the usual stuff. Then the “lodger“ (big black cat), stepped out of my front door, stopped, gave them a look, then twerked his way down my garden path.


Timing is everything.

 

[Smallfry]

A bit chilly here tonight. Muffin and his best friend.

 

[DennisCA]

https://imgur.com/JKJLvWq

 

[Onoff]

He does love the flea comb:

(That's SWMBO in what I refer to as her blancmangerie ).

 

[Onoff]

Ticks...the cat has a big one on his shoulder. I tried drowning it in vodka before I went to the pub earlier but it was still there when I came back.

Any tips to get rid of them?

Lad is 3D printing some tool that's supposed to get rid of them.

 

[Robotstar5]

Mrs Robo has something like this she uses at the stables for the cats and horse.

 

[Rannsachair]

Mrs Robo has something like this she uses at the stables for the cats and horse.

I use them on myself too

 

[500e]

I have put a dab of flea treatment stuff on them.
Was a stray that came for food.
Long stick with cotton wool soaked in it
Yours those plastic things work well

 

[Onoff]

Up for work at 4.30 this morning. No SWMBO in bed last night. She'd sat up all night with the cat as she'd been dabbing him with neat vodka and he'd been washing if off! Lad printed a couple of tick removers last night. A credit card shaped thing that didn't seem too good, then a sewing machine foot shaped thing. Madam had waited up as it was apparently a 2 person job.

Dead easy tbh, slide it under the tick and rotate. I'll post the stl later.

 

[Porkypine]

Up for work at 4.30 this morning. No SWMBO in bed last night. She'd sat up all night with the cat as she'd been dabbing him with neat vodka and he'd been washing if off! Lad printed a couple of tick removers last night. A credit card shaped thing that didn't seem too good, then a sewing machine foot shaped thing. Madam had waited up as it was apparently a 2 person job.

Dead easy tbh, slide it under the tick and rotate. I'll post the stl later.

I bought a pack of 2 of that kind of thing from the vet, was about a fiver, easy enough to use.. I nearly used it on the dog too until I realised it wasn't a tick but a little skin tag thing!

 

[mrsbruce]

Postie delivered the new batch of catnip for the local cat crack den (otherwise known as “My House”).

A large 227g package, stinking to high heaven of this year’s crop of catnip. I’m surprised he didn’t have a line of cats following him along the road. As it was, by the time he handed over the package, and got as far as my front gate, the “Lodger” had burst through the cat-flap, and was zeroing in on the package.

happy cats again. Keeping said large package in the fridge at the moment, to prevent pandemonium. I’m not one to advertise products (other than my own), but if anyone is after catnip for your boys and girls, you’ll find these chaps on fleabay.

 

[dobbslc]

What does it do? I've never used it.

 

[OJCar]

What does it do? I've never used it.

Not being a cat it won't have much, if any effect on you ...

 

[pawsnizzy]

What does it do? I've never used it.

My mates cat post cat-nip

 

[OJCar]

My mates cat post cat-nipView attachment 400896

What the cat is seeing ...